The Global Communication Association (GCA), a not-for-profit
organisation, to host the eleventh international conference of media
consultants and communication specialists from round the world at Mysuru on
Gregorian calendar month 28-29.The meet has University of Mysore, that is
celebrating its Centenary year, as its educational partner for hosting the
conference. “The 2016 Bharat conference specializing in ‘Ombudsman: Media and
social responsibility’, has aroused keen interest amongst several participants coming
back from completely different educational and trade backgrounds,”
aforementioned avatar B Mariyanka, steward and Organising Secretary, eleventh
airplane landing Conference, Mysuru.

Pavan Kapoor To Be India's
Ambassador To Israel

Senior diplomat Pavan Kapoor has been appointed India's
ambassador to strategically necessary Israel, wherever he can succeed Jaideep
Sarkar. Mr Kapoor, a 1990 batch Indian federal agency Officer, is presently
India's diplomat in Mozambique capital national capital. "He is predicted
to require up his assignment shortly," the External Affairs Ministry
aforementioned during a statement.The appointment assumes significance as
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is probably going to go to Bharat
this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi can also pay a come back visit to
metropolis. India's relations with Israel area unit on AN upswing. President
Pranab Mukherjee had visited metropolis in Oct last year, turning into the
primary Indian Head of State to go to the Judaic nation.

National News

Wattan knockout Jano initiative:
A programme that aims to show youth from J&amp;K to remainder of Bharat

Wattan knockout Jano, AN initiative being dispensed by the
Union Ministry of Home Affairs in coordination with the Jammu and Kashmir
(J&amp;K) Government, was in news on six Gregorian calendar month 2016. The
initiative came in news once quite twenty four0 youth within the age-group of
fifteen to 24 from J&amp;K met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in
national capital.Watan knockout Jano initiative was planned by the J&amp;K
State Rehabilitation Council in 2011. It basically could be a Youth Exchange
Programme underneath that the kids of militancy-hit victims, orphanages, and
weaker sections of society area unit known by Jammu and Kashmir State
Rehabilitation Council as beneficiaries underneath the programme within the
state.

Paramilitary forces to possess
thirty third reservation for girls in constable level position

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has approved thirty third
reservation for girls in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) at constable-level
positions.There will be thirty third reservation for girls at constable-level
posts in Central Reserve law enforcement agency and Central Industrial force,
and 14-15% reservation at the constable level in border guarding forces i.e.
Border force, Sashastra Seema Bal and Indo Tibetan Border Police, beginning
straight off, consistent with a politician statement free by the Ministry of
Home Affairs.

Gadkari launches India's 1st
stream data system

Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on weekday inaugurated
the stream data system (RIS) - the primary of its kind in Bharat - to
facilitate safe and correct navigation on National Waterway-1 (the Ganga
River)."While it remains a challenge the way to develop the waterways of
the country, the stream data system could be a major step in realising the
dream of waterways," aforementioned Gadkari, consistent with a politician
statement statement.Phase-II of the system from Farakka to Patna and Phase-III
from Patna to Varanasi are undertaken on priority, the statement
aforementioned.

Mysuru to induce Cauvery stream
gallery

Karnataka’s business enterprise and therefore the National
Academy of Sciences of Bharat (NASI) have signed a memoranda of understanding
to line up a Cauvery stream gallery in Mysuru.The gallery, to be engineered at
a value of Rs. 3.5 crore, is predicted to showcase the life, culture and
multifariousness on the stream from its birth in Kodagu until it reaches the
Bay of geographical area. The exhibits at the gallery would conjointly embody
multimedia system options ANd electronic show to produce the guests an
immersive expertise of life and culture on the stream.Tourism Department
officers and NASI executives signed the MoU for establishing the gallery at the
Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) complicated in Mysuru. The project are
completed in 6-9 months and it's expected to become a holidaymaker attraction.

Cabinet okays ‘Sampoorna Arogya
Keralam’ treatment project

The State cupboard has determined to implement the
‘Sampoorna Arogya Keralam’ project declared within the 2015-16 State budget.
The project aims to bring all major government health services underneath one
umbrella. With this, folks won't be needed to go to multiple offices or
agencies for treatment.Instead, they'll head to noncommissioned public and
personal hospitals and find the services through a wise health card. A Sampoorna
Arogya Keralam Trust would be discovered to implement the initiative. All
families with annual financial gain below Rs. three 100000 are brought
underneath the project, a politician unharness aforementioned here. a minimum
of forty two 100000 such families area unit expected to learn.

India to skip BS-V, leapfrog to
BS-VI norms from April one, 2020

In a bid to curb conveyance pollution, the Centre nowadays
determined to implement stricter emission norms of India Stage (BS) VI from
April one, 2020, by skipping BS-V altogether. the choice was taken at AN
inter-ministerial meeting chaired by Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin
Gadkari, that was attended by Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, significant
Industries Minister Anant Geete and surroundings Minister Prakash Javadekar.
“Government has determined to leapfrog from BS-IV to BS-VI directly by April
one, 2020. we've determined to skip BS-VI emission norms. it's a daring call
and a commitment to the surroundings,” Gadkari told PTI here once the meeting.

Uber launches ‘uberEXCHANGE’, start-up mentorship programme

Taxi-hailing app Uber nowadays declared a brand new start-up
mentorship programme within the country in partnership with Invest Bharat known
as ‘uberEXCHANGE’. Over ensuing years, Uber can host a series of six leadership
talks by senior Uber executives, together with from their headquarters in port
of entry, the corporate aforementioned during a statement.The programme can
address problems that entrepreneurs face, like fund-raising, product style,
engineering and the way to rescale a business. At the tip of the programme, the
highest ten start-ups can travel port of entry, wherever they'll be introduced
to world investors, fellow entrepreneurs and therefore the team at Uber, it
said.

Appointments

IAMAI appoints Freecharge founder
Kunal Shah of Iran as chairman

Industry body web and Mobile Association of Bharat (IAMAI),
that counts corporations like Facebook, Microsoft and Google as members, named
Kunal Shah of Iran, co-founder FreeCharge as its new chairman.Shah succeeds
Nishant Rao, the ex-managing director of LinkedIn, WHO recently rapt to Freshdesk
because the world Chief operational Officer, the association aforementioned
during a statement.

AB Khare appointed CMD of Madras
Fertilizers

The Centre has appointed AB Khare because the Chairman and
administrator of the state-run Madras Fertilzers for a five-year term. In
August last year, the govt headhunter Public Enterprise choice Board (PESB) had
suggested the name of Khare for the post of CMD at Madras Fertilizers Ltd
(MFL).Khare can succeed I Vijay Kumar. His name was finalised once interviewing
seven shortlisted candidates. Khare was antecedently operating with state—owned
plant food firm Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers as Chief top dog
(Commercial).

Dr Achyuta Samanta was on six Gregorian calendar month 2016
nonappointive because the General President of the a hundred and fifth Indian
Science Congress Association (ISCA) that's scheduled for 2017-18. Samanta is additionally
presently serving as member of council of Indian Science Congress Association
(ISCA).With this, Samanta becomes the person from Odisha to be nonappointive as
President of the ISC in its 102 years history. On last occasion, academician
Prana Krushna Parija, eminent Odia human, was nonappointive as President of the
forty seventh Session of the ISCA in 1960.

Sam Pitroda appointed as Odisha
Government’s Technical adviser

Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda, popularly called SAM Pitroda,
on six Gregorian calendar month 2016 was appointed Technology adviser to the
OdishaGovernment.Pitroda was appointed because the technology consultant for
development of telecommunication, natural philosophy, IT, ITES sectors of the
state.Pitroda can have a key role in Vision 2036 for [email protected], because the
authorities is creating a vision document for 2036 to celebrate the a hundred years
of state’s formation. Born on four might 1942 in Titilagarh, Odisha, SAM
Pitroda could be a telecommunication engineer, inventor, enterpriser and
policymaker. In 1964, he traveled to Chicago to review engineering.

Died

Mufti Sayeed passes away,
Mehbooba possible to succeed as CM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, a
tricky politician WHO took on the powerful Abdullah family and rose to become
the country’s 1st Muslim Home Minister, died nowadays at AIIMS here once his
platelets born perilously.Sayeed, 79, WHO took charge of the State on March one
last year heading a PDP—BJP alliance, breathed his last this morning once
remaining on ventilator for the past few days. He was flown from Srinagar AN
exceedingly|in a very} special plane on December twenty four and admitted to
the AIIMS wherever he was diagnosed with infection (life threatening
complication of an infection) and respiratory disorder. throughout
hospitalization his platelets had born perilously, doctors aforementioned.

Noted Gujarati author Labshankar
Thakar passed away.

Noted Gujarati author and author Labhshankar Thakar gave up
the ghost on six Gregorian calendar month 2016 following prolonged ill health
in Ahmedabad. He was 80. He was a modernist author of Gujarati literature with
influence of philosophical doctrine difficult ancient literature designs.He was
born on fourteen Gregorian calendar month 1935 in Sedla village close to
Surendranagar in Gujarat. a number of his renowned poems area unit Vahi caste
Pachhal Ramya Ghosha (1965), Manasni Vaat (1968), Mara Namne Darwaje (1972),
Boom Kagalma Kora (1974), Pravahan (1986), Kalagranthi (1987). He wrote several
plays together with Asatyakumar Ekagrani Dharpakad, play (1967), Mari Jawani
Maza (1973), bathing tub ma Machhali (1982) etc.